Blingology

Trend de la Creme: A Blog To Check Out

Since Holsted Jewelers entered the blogosphere a few months ago we've gotten to know some very cool people who love accessories, beauty, fashion and jewelry just as much as we do. One of those people is Jill Sherman, who maintains a blog about all the latest trends in these areas. Jill seems to be able to spot trends as easy as the rest of us breathe and she can find evidence of a designer's ideas in just about anything: from birds and insects, to flowers and cathedral ceilings.

Until recently she called her very successful blog Trendinista. However, it seems as if that success has necessitated a name change, because it is now called Trend de la Creme. Now how cool is that? I love it!

If you like reading about trends as much as I do you should defeinitely visit Trend de la Creme. Happy reading!

Blinged Out Perfume Bottles

Bond No. 9 is a fragrance company that creates scents dedicated to neighborhoods and popular destinations in New York City.  Some of their recent creations include scents named Union Square, Bryant Park and Saks Fifth Avenue (my new favorite). A few weeks ago I attended a special event at their Soho location, where they unveiled the results of a partnership with Austrian crystal giant, Swarovski:

The larger bottles are called the Bond No. 9 Swarovski Stars. You get your choice of the Bryant Park, Bleeker Street or Nuits de Noho scents. The smaller ones are the Swarovski Stars Bon Bons: all three scents above, plus Eau de New York. Each bottle is blinged out with thousands of Swarovski Crystals. These pictures don't do them justice. They are absolutely beautiful to behold. Imagine one of the larger bottles sitting on your vanity, or, better yet, pulling one of the Bon Bons out of your purse at a party. A glam moment, for sure!

Alas, these limited edition creations (which will be available in a few weeks) are too expensive for the average woman's budget.  The larger bottles will cost $650 each and the Bon Bons set will set you back $700.

Bond No. 9 isn't the only place showing off Swarovski Crystals, however.  Holsted Jewelers has Swarovski, too (minus the perfume, of course). To see it, click here.

Before You Get Your Bling On...

Jewelry should be the last thing you put on before you leave your home. Clothing, of course, is first. Somewhere in the middle lies makeup.

Have you ever visited a makeup counter in a department store and agreed to let them give you a makeover? If you did, you were stunning when it was completed. You just loved the way you looked. You may have been so happy with the way you looked that you let the salesperson talk you into buying hundreds of dollars worth of cosmetics, only to discover when you arrived home that you were unable to achieve the same results. You asked yourself, What do I do now? Well, that's where Beauty Cast comes in. Beauty Cast produces professional makeup tutorial DVDs that teach all woman how to apply makeup correctly so that they'll always look as if they just left that department store. They produce DVDs that teach you how to apply makeup for just about any occasion, from bridal looks to Halloween makeup. Their website is definitely worth checking out:

So before you get your bling on, get your look on!